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Wordpress upgrade can be nightmare for few people as you may face problems if at all you are not very good in coding or troubleshooting. It may be a case that the existing plugin or theme may not be supported by the new wordpress version, then you’ll be left alone as you may be dependent on the actual author of that theme or plugin (Just like me, my theme was not supported and there is not new version of that theme till this date.). But, I’ve learned a lesson from this incident and from next time onwards, before upgrading the wordpress, I’ll make sure that I’ll follow my own tutorial :)

Here’s what can be done to save ourselves from the headache, which even Michael Arrington (Techcrunch Founder) had to experience and now I think that why I didn’t write this tutorial a while back.

Well, to make sure that all your plugins and theme work correctly with the new wordpress version, you can follow this tutorial and I’m sure that you’ll save yourself from headache. Here’s what you can try before upgrading the wordpress :

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Paypal, the online money exchange or payment service has released a security key for its users, which adds an extra and strong layer of security for its users. The key is basically a hardware device and it generates a code after every 30 seconds and this code has to be entered every time you want to login to your account and because this key is specific to your account so it will not work with any other account.

The question now rises that how this key will secure the transaction. Well, lets take the example that you get caught in the phishing scam and you give out your login details along with a security key but you don’t have to worry about the security of your account because that phisher will not be able to log-in to your account as that key will be expired and will be of no use at all. And how much this hardware key costs..well, just $ 5 and I think that I’ll go for this key as I can get rid of any tensions in just $ 5. What do you think are you going for this key or not?
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Google is opening up Gmail for many countries and that too slowly and steadily. While checking the email today, I noticed that Google has opened up the sign ups for India too. And anyone in India can sign up for Gmail account.

However, unlike U.K. Google is not promoting Gmail and not displaying its features, which was noticed by Ionut. I think that Google will now be stormed with the sign ups and everyone will rush towards getting one Gmail account for themselves. Now, the reason for that is not only the space but yes the capability of catching spam as well (Just as mentioned in the post by Ionut).

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Box.net was one of the first web 2.0 online sharing services, I mean they were the amongst the first ones who had integrated the power of Ajax in the online sharing and made it a much usable application. Box.net seems good but we’ll come to know more about it when we actually look at the PROS and CONS of the service. Although, at this point of time, box has closed the registration but I’d registered for Box at the time of launch itself or may be quite near to it. Box.net, which started off as college business project but has grown into a commercial service and a service which looks good but how good is it, lets find out about it…

PROS of BOX.NET :

1. Free storage of 1 GB & 10 GB Bandwidth : Box.net is giving away free 1 GB space to attract users. In todays world, 1 GB is enough for important documents and thus I think that it is a decent move and decent space to offer. And 10 GB bandwidth is also good enough to lure any web user.

2. Nice Ajaxified Interface : Box.net has a nice and simple ajaxified interface and due to which the usage of this online application because quite easy and simple. Due to the simple interface, it loads fast and thus serves the purpose in a better way.

3. Widgets to share files : Box.net has widgets which can be used to showcase the public files in various places like websites, myspace, blogs, etc. This can be easily used to store the files and without worrying about updating any blog or any link on the websites because the widget will do it automatically.

4. Editing of Word Documents : With the integration of >Zoho Writer, Box.net allows users to view and edit the word documents. This can be certainly handy, when a user doesn’t have a word editing software installed on any computer and on top of it, without downloading the files and then reuploading the files, users will be able to edit them directly.

CONS of BOX.NET :
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Google is integrating Google Maps service with its search results and thus making things simpler for the web searchers. I happened to search for a term “Cafe Bars” although no real connection but still and I came across such integration and thus was fortunate to take the screenshot of the integrated map.

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